The current study aims to analyze waste characteristics and management practices of the hotel industry in Hoi An, a tourism city in the center of Vietnam. Solid wastes from 120 hotels were sampled, the face-to-face interviews were conducted, and statistical methods were carried out to analyze the data. The results showed that the mean of waste generation rate of the hotels was 2.28 kg/guest/day...

iv FOREWORD Hand in Hand is dedicated to the development and empowerment of disadvantaged groups, and especially rural and tribal families, through grassroots action, research, and education. We see the status of the local natural environment as key in the development process. Since poor and marginalised people lack the resources needed to reduce the negative effects of a degraded environment, ...

This paper reflects the existing management systems practiced in various areas of Nepal in managing solid waste and contains initiatives of municipalities; national and local NGOs/CBOs; public and private entities. This paper helps to transfer the lessons and existing practices regarding soild waste managment and encourages urban, peri urban and emerging towns for similar initiatives in urban s...

This study aims to present the effects of citizen participation on Integrated Solid Waste Management – ISWM, considering all stages of urban cleansing: solid waste production, collection, transport, treatment, recycling and final disposal, as well as to help decision makers and agencies involved in solid waste management in developing a policy that will utilize citizen participation as an impor...

The main work of this project is the characterization of household waste and its equivalent energy recovery of the household waste management in the urban areas. Primary and secondary data were used for the manuscript. In the total amount of the waste 87% is vegetable, 4% grass and wood, 1% plastic, 2% is paper and only 1% metal were found. The moisture content as discarded waste was found 68.0...

Background and Purpose: Improper wastewater and solid waste management in rural areas could be a risk to human health and environment pollution. One percent of Iran’s rural area is connected to the wastewater collection network. Solid waste management in rural areas of Iran is mainly consisted uncontrolled dumping and open burning. The aim of this study is prioritization of wa...

Increased interest over the levels of pharmaceuticals detected in the environment has led to the need for new approaches to manage their emissions. Inappropriate disposal of unused and waste medicines and release from manufacturing plants are believed to be important pathways for pharmaceuticals entering the environment. In situ treatment technologies, which can be used on-site in pharmacies, h...

The population growth, changing consumption patterns, and rapid urbanization contribute significantly to the growing volumes of solid waste that are generated in urban settings. As the rate of urbanization increases, demand on the services of solid waste management increases. The rapid urban growth in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, combined with the increasing rates of solid waste production has pr...

in vietnam, municipal solid waste (msw) has being become increasing complex due to variety of reasons as the increasing quantity, changing composition of msw, rising public awareness and municipal administration policies among different cities and surrounding communities. there is not currently an efficient management system in place for facilities such as storage, collection, transfer, transpo...